Look at this cell phone. It's like a chameleon.
- What do you mean by that?
-It changes its color accoring to the temperature. It's yellow now, but when it's hot, it becomes red. But when it's cold, it changes into blue.
- Wow! I just can't believe it!
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In this dialogue what is the meanings of the following expressions:
1. when it's hot.
2. when the cellphone is hot.
3. when the weather is hot.
4. when it's cold
5. when the cell phone is cold
6. when the weather is cold
(What does 'it' refer to? the cellphone or the weather or the temperature? Does 'it' refer to the cell phone? Or does it refer to the weather because 'it' is an impersonal pronoun which doesn't refer to anything.)
It is meant to refer to the weather, but also can be interpreted to refer to the cellphone. If the air temperature is hot or cold, whatever is in that air gets hot or cold, too. In this case, it probably means both the air and the phone, but really refers to weather/air temperature.
In the given dialogue, the expressions are as follows:
1. "When it's hot" refers to a general condition or situation when the temperature is high.
2. "When the cellphone is hot" specifically refers to the scenario when the cell phone itself becomes hot due to the temperature.
3. "When the weather is hot" refers to the condition when the temperature of the surrounding environment is high.
4. "When it's cold" refers to a general condition or situation when the temperature is low.
5. "When the cell phone is cold" specifically refers to the scenario when the cell phone itself becomes cold due to the temperature.
6. "When the weather is cold" refers to the condition when the temperature of the surrounding environment is low.
In this dialogue, 'it' refers to the cell phone. When the conversation says, "It's yellow now," it means the cell phone is currently yellow. Similarly, "When it's hot, it becomes red" means when the cell phone gets hot due to temperature, it changes color to red.